The HFC Internet cafe is the heart and soul of our work in Uganda. It will provide a stream of income that allows us to build community centers where the poorest of the poor can learn computer skills which will lift them out of poverty. Upstairs, we will incubate our community center in a group of small training rooms where locals can begin computer training at a tenth of the local price (just enough to cover operating costs).
But we’re in way over our heads. We’ve signed a six month lease, and we dont’t have the money to properly outfit the center. This is your chance to get personally involved in what we’re doing. We need donors to step up and purchase the equipment we need. Like the donor cloud (on a bigger scale) we will “brand” the items you buy with a personalized message. We’ll be making up permanent plates that will be permanently affixed to each item you buy, leaving your own mark on our work in Uganda. Thanks for helping us out and stepping in the gap for the people in Uganda that are in such desperate need!
Note that we’ll be updating this page (unless no one donates! :-() with more items. We still need to price kitchen appliances, a coffee bar, and ice cream machine (I can dream, right?)
These are the lounge chairs for the cafe. We’ll use them at the XBOX and Wii stations and in the courtyard (eating) area. Each chair is $105 each. We suggest buying them in pairs. Handmade in Uganda using local materials! Also listed here is a center table we can use for drinks/etc in the gaming areas. Each table is $45. We suggest buying them in pairs.
These are the picnic tables we’ll use in the courtyard (eating) area. Each chair is $100. Handmade in Uganda using local materials!
These are the bar stools we’ll use around the cafe, especially at the Wii gaming area. Each chair is $50. We suggest buying them in pairs. Handmade in Uganda using local materials!
This the couch we’ll use inside the cafe in the lounge areas, and at the gaming stations. Each couch is $137.50. Handmade in Uganda using local materials! Also listed here is a center table we can use for drinks/etc in the gaming areas. Each table is $40. We suggest buying them in pairs.
This is the type of table we’ll use for the computer stations. They are very strong, all-steel construction at the base. Each table is $140. Handmade in Uganda using local materials! This is a great investment for those that want maximum exposure with a plaque, as we have lots of room for the plaque on the table.
The Nintendo Wii is a key draw for the tourists. A Wii package including extra controllers, cables, chargers, etc will cost $475. We will brand the console and all included controllers if desired. This is a very unique draw. Not only will “Nintendo Wii” really sweeten our advertising, but people playing the Wii are always a spectacle (I mean draw). There are no real game systems in town.
We (Wii?) really need extra controllers (and insurance for everything in range of a thrown controller). $170 will donate four Wii remotes and a 4-remote charger. We’ll brand each controller, if desired.
We would like to use flat-screen HDTV’s for the gaming stations. We could use projectors, but bulbs are hard to find, expensive, prone to damage and difficult to install. We need $1200-$2000 for each TV, which we’ll buy locally (with warranty). We’ll spend what you send. A larger donation results in a better/larger TV. This is one of the premium branding opportunities as we will place your message on the screen saver and in the game consoles for maximum exposure. We need two TV’s total.
This is a big donation. $3000 will buy a table of computers (one DELL Optiplex PC, 1 nComputing X550, 6 Benq widescreen monitors, keyboards, mice, power regulator and UPS. This is a big branding opportunity, as we’ll brand each desktop/screen saver just like we did for PAraben in these pictures. These tables will be used for Internet surfing and a center attraction for the cafe. Purchase does not include the table.
For $300 you can buy a single Internet station in the cafe. We will brand the workstation’s desktop and screen saver if desired. We must wait for 6 people to donate workstations as we must install per-table.
For $500 you can put in an XBOX 360 (arcade) system into the cafe. This is a major draw for the cafe, and will really bring in the tourist dollar. We will brand the console and all included accessories and controllers, and will change the dashboard images/avatars to reflect your brand, if desired. Did I mention this is a MAJOR tourist draw? The only games in town are 10-year old VGA computer games. When tourists / missionaries come through, their kids will go nuts to spend money on these systems, jonesing for a few hours of XBOX Live!
We’re really going to need extra controllers. For $205, you’ll donate 4 XBOX wireless controllers with chargers. We’ll brand each controller if desired.
I have a six month old 32″ flat screen TV that I can donate and would be happy to mail it to where it is needed. Let me know of an address and it will be off. Merry Christmas!!!
Can we see a picture or rendering so we can know what one of the plaques will look like? How big id the plague, how will it be affixed to the equipment etc….
Sorry bud, but this sounds like a cheap way of (everybody else) paying for your home setup in where-ever you are!! :P
Am a Black British who lived part of my childhood and adult hood in Africa. I know how hard it is first hand and I will always give count myself lucky Thanks Johnny for everything. Only God can reward you. Today am an Ethical Hacker / IS Manager in a FTSE100 company and it is by efforts of people like Johnny that brought some of us out of the miry clay of poverty. My donation is on the way. No branding, no acknowledgement please. Just as the Christian [Anglican/ Methodist/ Catholic] missionaries taught my parents without asking for popularity or acknowledgements. More Grease to your elbow mate. God Bless U.